Deadball: Baseball With Dice (First Edition)
The original rulebook for Deadball: Baseball With Dice, now superseded by the Second Edition.
Deadball is a fast-paced baseball dice game for one or two players that uses real statistics to bring the ballpark to your tabletop. Its elegantly simple rules are intuitive to die-hards and casual fans alike, allowing you to simulate a game between real or imaginary teams in about twenty minutes. Download the free quick start guide to see how it works.
Deadball uses real statistics that every fan knows and understands, like batting average and ERA, allowing new players to pick it up in minutes. Because the game is based directly on real, freely-available stats, you can play as any team you want.
Any. Team. You. Want.
Pit history's greatest teams against each other. Replay seasons from fifty years before you were born. Watch today's all-stars go head-to-head with the legends of the past. Any match-up you can imagine, Deadball will make real.
Don't want to play with real players? Deadball's fast, intuitive character creation system generates players, teams and leagues faster than you can say "Play ball!" The game's rules are easy-to-learn and endlessly customizable, allowing you to remake the game however you see fit.
This book contains:
Basic rules for ultra-fast play, and advanced rules for a deeper game
An introduction to baseball scorekeeping
A random player table that allows you to roll up a new team in minutes
Guidelines for creating and running your own league, including rules for new prospects, high-stakes trades, catastrophic injuries and player aging
Detailed rosters for the legendary Southern Circuit, a fictional league whose story begins here
The revolutionary Five Tool System, which allows you to create custom-designed players and watch them grow, game after game, season after season
For the dead of winter, for the dead of night, for when your team is dead in the water, Deadball is there.
